PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Allen (ranked 2303 p4p, 245 weight class) and Henson Benderson (ranked 2785 p4p, 286 weight class). Benderson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Time is Now. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Allen
vs
Benderson

170 cm
36
152 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

168 cm
37
145 lbs
25 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lamar Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Allen cracks Benderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benderson scores with a hook.
Allen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Allen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Benderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benderson.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Allen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benderson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Benderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A combination from Allen does no damage.
Allen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Allen misses with a body kick.
Benderson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Allen thuds his shin into the meat of Benderson's side.
Benderson wants to clinch up but Allen keeps it at a distance.
Allen misses with a hook.
Benderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Benderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen works the jab nicely.
A low kick from Allen misses
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Benderson checks a leg kick.
Benderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Allen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benderson's head backwards.
Benderson scores with a hook to the body. Allen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Allen misses with an uppercut
and Benderson counters with a left and a right that stings Allen.
Allen lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benderson thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
Allen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Benderson moved out of range nicely.
Allen misses with a double jab
and Benderson counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson cracks Allen with an open hand slap.

Allen is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Allen. Those never looked like landing.
Benderson cracks Allen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Allen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Allen swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Benderson moves away and avoids it.
Benderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benderson cracks Allen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Allen is looking to land body kicks.
Allen throws a sloppy head kick and Benderson moves out of range easily.
Benderson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benderson misses with a wild combination.
Allen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Allen seems to have got his legs back now.
Allen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Allen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a jab to the head.
Allen misses with a jab to the body
and Benderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Benderson.

Benderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Benderson stalling in the clinch but Allen improves position.
Benderson taking a breather.
Benderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Benderson into the cage.
Benderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Benderson avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Benderson.
Allen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benderson.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
Benderson lands with a left to the head.

Allen has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Benderson is trying to keep an underhook but Allen manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Benderson kicks off Allen and gets to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benderson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Allen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Allen is out of range.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Allen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Allen fails to land the takedown.
Allen misses with a left hand
and Benderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen thows a leg kick but Benderson checks it
letting Benderson counter with a right hand.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Allen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benderson misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henson Benderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Allen throws a head kick that misses.
Benderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Allen throws a right and a left that Benderson avoids nicely.
Henson Benderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Allen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benderson moves away.
Benderson tries to counter with a clinch but Allen shakes him off and moves away.
Allen walks into a jab.
Benderson throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Benderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Allen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Allen misses the body punch
and Benderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Allen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A leg kick checked by Benderson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Benderson lands a left and a right that send Allen crashing to the mat, dazed. Benderson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Lamar Allen has been cut.
Benderson drops Allen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Benderson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henson Benderson!
After the big win, Henson Benderson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.